He's no stranger to facing down some less-than desirable guest on his chat show.

But on Wednesday morning Jeremy Kyle turned into something of an action hero when he cased down a man suspected of running a drug den.

Filming a new series of The Kyle Files, he found himself and his camera crew taking off in pursuit of a man who bolted from a cannabis farm in Gloucester shire, during a police raid.

On Wednesday morning Jeremy Kyle turned into something of an action hero when he cased down a man suspected of running a drug den (Image: ITV)

Following an eight-month covert investigation, a team of around 50 officers raided five gang-controlled premises and six drug farms across the county.

One of the police teams was accompanied by Jeremy [affectionately known to fans as Jezza] and his crew, who were filming for his show.

One man evaded arrest at a cannabis factory on Linden Road, Gloucester, at around 6am, while Jeremy was on the scene.

Filming a new series of The Kyle Files, he found himself and his camera crew taking off in pursuit of a man who bolted from a cannabis farm in Gloucester shire, during a police rad (Image: ITV)

In a police briefing after the raids, Inspector Jason Keates said: "He made off from the address despite Jeremy Kyle chasing him with a camera."

A Gloucester crime campaigner took a quick selfie with Kyle at the scene. "I couldn't believe it," said Delroy Ellis of the Increase The Peace charity, an organisation that fights knife crime in the city.

"There were police everywhere and a bloke running off, then I saw Jeremy's bouncer - then Jeremy himself.

"I grabbed a selfie with him, and told him about Increase The Peace, and he was really interested."